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Title: | Primary science in Fiji: Some reflections on activity-based lessons | Contributor(s): | Taylor, Neil (author) ; Macpherson, Colin (author) | Publication Date: | 1992 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/23104 | Abstract: | Despite a tradition of rote learning in primary science, many teachers in Fiji attempt to provide activity-based lessons for their pupils. However, the way in which teachers direct these activities offers their pupils little opportunity to develop their intellectual skills and develops a dependency on the teacher which is difficult to break. The authors suggest that this problem is much broader than in just science teaching, and is much deeper than simply a teacher-training issue. They discuss the problem by first drawing on some classroom observations, then by theorizing that the problem is the result of a dominant cultural trait, and finally by proposing the main features of any program that aims at resolving the problem | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 15(2), p. 40-44 | Publisher: | Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation, Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics | Place of Publication: | Malaysia | ISSN: | 0126-7663 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130105 Primary Education (excl. Maori) 130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy 130311 Pacific Peoples Education |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930302 Syllabus and Curriculum Development 939906 Pacific Peoples Education 930102 Learner and Learning Processes |
HERDC Category Description: | C2 Non-Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Education |
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